Birthday at the zoo

I had the day off on Grayson's actual birthday, August 14th.  I told him he could have anything he wanted to eat for breakfast and he chose oatmeal (yes!).  Avery thought this was boring so she asked if I could make it chocolate oatmeal.  I obliged and also put a dollop of left over whipped cream frosting from his birthday cake on top! I kind of wanted some for myself!

 Next, they cozied up to watch a little bit of "Happy Feet!'

 This was to get them excited for the morning that I had planned at the zoo to see REAL penguins...

I am a little ashamed to admit that I had never been to the Lehigh Valley Zoo! (National Zoo in D.C. YES, Philly Zoo, yes...but the closest zoo to our house, NO!). It was a very cool, but very sunny August day, so it was an absolutely perfect day to go. 

This is just one of MANY pictures Avery made me take of her and Grayson.  They are all over the zoo!

Hey, we look like twins!  She insisted on wearing this hoodie just in case she saw zebras, so it was pretty exciting that we did!

They really enjoyed feeding the goats...

 but I think hands down, the playground was their favorite part about the zoo...

and Grayson found his new favorite playground ride!

We have a great time the three of us, but definitely missed having Daddy there with us! But after naps and once Daddy got home from work, we took Grayson out for a birthday dinner (hello, just an excuse for me not to cook!) The boy loves his ice cream....but don't we all!

Then, we came home and Grayson opened his gifts from Avery, Adam and I.

I'm having trouble dealing with the fact that he is old enough to go to preschool in a few weeks!

Here's all his new loot! Yes, you may notice raisins (did I mention he loves them), pull ups and big boy underwear (we're trying to get him excited about potty training) were some of his gifts.

 He proudly walked up the steps with his new super hero underwear on top of his clothes. 

He was a happy boy and we had a great day celebrating with him!